WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — A rights group and a former political prisoner have objected to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano referring to detained Senators Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada and former Quezon City Rep. Mike Defensor as "political prisoners." "We know what political persecution looks like, and the cases of these politicians and their den of thieves

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